Our repeat clients are proof that we deliver value

Avalon represented Tempur-Pedic International in $390 mm sale.

Avalon arranged $15.5mm private placement for Tempur-Pedic.

Avalon arranged $115mm Senior Credit Facility for Tempur-Pedic.

Avalon assisted with the merger of Tempur-Pedic Inc. the U.S. distributor and Dan-Foam, the Danish manufacturer.



Thomas Apperson - Managing Director - email: tapperson@avalongroupltd.com Tel 212.624.9290

Alternative Energy & Clean Technology Group

Thomas I. Apperson brings over 25 years of investment banking, capital markets and financial restructuring and advisory experience, primarily in the Alternative Energy & Clean Technology sectors. Prior to joining Avalon Group, Mr. Apperson was a Managing Director at Bradley Woods & Co., Spencer Clarke LLC, Halyard Restructuring Group and President of Glenis Group Inc. Select capital transactions and advisory assignments include, advising and a subsequent project financing and capital raise for a private U.S. biofuels company; advising an early stage U.S. southwest solar company in the development of large scale installations; and advising a public U.S. company on its expansion capacity to develop coal, oil and gas, and coal bed methane properties. Mr. Apperson also held senior Corporate Restructuring and Banking/Credit positions at Barclays Bank, Bank of New York (Irving Trust Company) and Manufacturers Hanover Trust.

Mr. Apperson is currently a Trustee for ANSER (Analytic Services Inc.) in Arlington, VA, a Trustee and Chair of the Finance Committee at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, La Guardia, New York, and a Board member of the Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership, Inc. He received an M.B.A. from Fordham University in 1982 and a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics for North Carolina State University in 1971.

Lynda Davey - Chief Executive Officer
Braden Ferrari - Co-President Capital Markets
Ariel Imas - Co-President Capital Markets
Thomas Apperson - Managing Director
William Freeman - Managing Director
Jason Gorsuch - Managing Director
Ali Sajadian - Managing Director
Karen Sterling - Managing Director
Yolanda Wardowski - Managing Director
Peter Blumen - Senior Advisor
Don Jones - Senior Advisor Retail & Consumer
Ira Rubenstein - Senior Advisor
Patricia Stensrud - Senior Advisor
Evan Babazadeh – Associate
Richard Chiu – Associate